Chapter Twenty-Three: The Great Victory of the White Road
"Turkic Lao'er, Lao Tzu is going to kill you today!"
"Brothers, rush, !!"
The roar of the old cow alarmed the team in front of him, and Jieli, who had been rewarded, turned back in shock, only to see a large group of men and horses in the rear, and at this moment a small group of cavalry was coming in a hurry, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Shoot back!"
Jieli soon gave the order, and a group of cavalry from his side soon rushed forward, obviously outnumbering the six hundred men that Lao Niu had led.
Jieli initially judged that the number of the other party was not large, and there were not many soldiers and horses on his side, so he knew it in his heart and had more self-confidence, he believed that this time he could give Tang Jun a hard blow.
After escaping from the moraine, he fled all the way to Yinshan, this was the first time to clash head-on with the Tang army, and he did not dare to fight against the Tang army in Dingxiang, that was because the marshal was Li Jing, and now the Tang army in front of him did not have the shadow of Li Jing, Jieli was relieved a lot, and his self-confidence increased, he did not believe that there were reinforcements behind these Tang troops.
They... Dead!
The corners of Jieli's mouth showed a confident smile, he sat on the horse behind and watched all this quietly, and he didn't even want to look at it, because he completely believed that the two thousand iron cavalry pioneers he sent out could completely defeat the Tang army with hundreds of teams, this is a vanguard of a hundred battles, there is no reason why he can't win the first war.
When the two armies really clashed, Jieli soon found that his cavalry's weapons had just been raised, and before they could meet them, they had fallen down, and the other party just reached forward and a crossbow arrow was shot out of it.
What kind of weapon is this, Jieli was shocked, he had never seen such a small crossbow arrow, such a short crossbow, he was very surprised that since when did Datang have such a weapon, when they invaded the northern border before, they had never used this kind of weapon, could it have been invented recently? It seems that today's Tang Dynasty is more powerful.
Jieli began to sigh, and later saw that the opponent's team of about 600 was not damaged, and the 2,000 iron cavalry he sent was getting fewer and fewer, he began to be afraid, and the initial confidence that was hard to set up disappeared without a trace.
Seeing that the other party was becoming more and more ferocious, and his cavalry was unable to resist, Jieli was completely decadent, and he knew that the first wave of cavalry was not the enemy's opponent, and the latter did not dare to guarantee it.
So, he did what he did best... Run away!
This is Jieli's favorite thing to do, he gave the order, and the others moved forward at full speed, leaving a wave of dead soldiers to resist behind, Jieli needed to rely on their bodies to stop the imposing Tang army......
Seeing that Jieli's army gradually disappeared into the vast snow, Lao Niu was very anxious, and after he and a team of cavalry sent by Chai Shao killed all the five thousand soldiers and horses left by Jieli, they couldn't see the shadow of Jieli's army at all, and only the endless falling snow was flying in front of them, blocking their sight.
"His grandmother's, Lao Tzu hasn't played yet, so he just ran away, he is too good at running away, Jieli's grandson."
The old cow was very angry, and he hadn't filled the stomach of this killer for a while.
Chai Shao was very calm, now it was useless to rush to catch up, he reorganized the team, packed up the spoils of war before moving forward, there was no trace of Jieli's escape, the heavy snow had completely covered the traces of the other party, as if no one had ever walked here......
Jieli now has only one thought in his heart, that is, desperately fleeing in the direction of Yinshan, he believes that he will flee to Yinshan first, and with the solid terrain of Yinshan, no matter how powerful the Tang army is, he will not be able to help him.
After escaping for two days, he arrived at Baidao, and seeing that Yin Mountain was imminent, Jieli was happy in his heart, but not long after he was happy, he suddenly found that there was an additional army on the right side.
Jieli was flustered in his heart, and he was very puzzled, Chai Shao's army caught up so quickly?
When he saw the word "Xu" written on the handsome flag fluttering in the wind and snow, the doubts in his heart were eliminated, but his heart was lifted again, could this be Xu Shiji's army? Xu Shiji is no worse than Chai Shao.
Jieli was very afraid, he had no heart to fight, and continued to flee to Yinshan in a hurry, leaving only a part of the people to fight, his subordinates saw that the khan had fled, and each had no confidence to fight, always thinking that the Tang army was a tiger and could not be defeated.
Jieli had no intention of fighting, but the Tang army was fierce, although Xu Shiji's Tonghan army was marching all the way, but the courage to fight was still there, especially when the Turkic soldiers saw themselves and fled, the morale of the Tonghan army soared, and they all wanted to go up and bite the weak lamb like hungry jackals.
Lao Cheng, in particular, was the most excited, waving the halberd in his hand, and rushing to the front with his Zuowuwei special elite troops, this group of cavalry rushed into the Turkic soldiers, making them even more confused.
Jieli didn't care whether this vanguard was one of those Tang troops with short crossbows, and no matter how panicked the rear was, they had already run away without a trace.
His soldiers became more and more panicked, and some of them fled after a few rounds of casual response, leaving only some small soldiers there to become little lambs slaughtered by the Tang army.
The khan ran away, the generals also fled, and the remaining soldiers had the confidence to fight, and they were not quick in their hands and feet under the frightened, and they all fell under the crossbow arrows, short knives, and spears of the Tang army......
Those who ran fast fled, and those who couldn't run fast became the souls of Tang Junsaber, and they were all in a mess under the wilderness of Baidao, some of the war horses were frightened and scurried around, and some were injured and lying in the snow and moaning silently.
There were corpses everywhere, and the blood stained the snow red, and the red ones were particularly conspicuous in this white snow, and the blood melted into the snow and didn't know where it flowed.
The Tang army ran wildly in the snow, and the Turkic soldiers also ran wildly there, but when the Tang army crossed, the running Turkic soldiers fell, and the Tang army was still advancing, so that until the foot of Yinshan Mountain was three miles away, the Tang army no longer pursued because of the terrain.
From Baidao to the foot of Yinshan Mountain, there was a mess all the way, corpses everywhere, and the smell of blood spread between this heaven and earth.
The Tang army returned to this wilderness of Baidao, and along the way they picked up a lot of trophies, among which the war horses were the most, the living war horses dragged the dead war horses, the living ones would become the tools of the Tang army, and the dead would become their military rations.
Some of the soldiers went to bury the sacrificed comrades, as for the corpses of those Turkic soldiers, they didn't even look at it, in this wilderness, in this cold weather, there are always wolves peeping in the dark, and when this wilderness is quiet again, this will become the world of those wolves, and there is no need to worry about the problem that the corpses cannot be disposed of.
"It's good to fight." Lao Cheng is very happy, he has been marching for three months, and this time is the most enjoyable, which can be regarded as compensating for the loneliness in the past few months.
Lao Cheng, who was happy for a while, finally quieted down, he looked at the direction of Yinshan and said to Xu Shiji: "Yinshan is not far from here, it is better for us to launch a general attack after regrouping, this time Jieli is defeated, it should not be difficult to take Yinshan while our army's morale is in full swing."
Xu Shiji was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head and said: "Although Yinshan is close, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the chances of victory are not great, we are still stationed here, and we will decide what to do after Chief Manager Li meets us, and now send someone to tell General Manager Li about this great victory, and by the way, tell him that we will be stationed in Baidao."
Lao Cheng thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he didn't insist on his opinion, so he gathered a large army to withdraw from the battlefield and returned to the grassland of Baidao to station.
As night fell, the blood on the battlefield was gone, and the snow covered it all, except for some of the larger corpses, which were still partially exposed, like black spots on a white cloth from a distance.
Four or five wolves galloped and roared to the sky, and soon there were many more wolves in this wilderness, and they were biting at the corpses... It wasn't long before the wilderness, which would have been peaceful, turned into a mess.
The wolves had gone, and the devastated wilderness had been covered with snow and covered everything, even the smell of blood, and it was as white as before, as if nothing had ever happened here, and the killing of the day was nothing more than a passer-by in the eyes of nature......
After Jieli took in more than 40,000 remnants of soldiers at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, he stationed here, and when everything was settled, his heart that was beating violently along the way just now finally calmed down.
He began to be afraid, and was intercepted by Chai Shao by the Hunhe River, but fortunately he ran fast and escaped in time with the blocking of 5,000 soldiers and horses.
The worst thing is that Bai Dao was intercepted and killed by Xu Shiji's army, and almost all the army was wiped out, with nearly 70,000 troops, and now there are only more than 40,000 left.
is no longer the opponent of the Tang army, Jieli suppressed the pain in his heart, sighed, and quietly came to a camp tent.
"Khan? What wind is blowing you in? You've never been in my tent. Tang Jian looked at Jieli in front of him in surprise, there was some surprise in his eyes, and some expectation, Jieli took the initiative to find himself, could it be that the situation had changed?
"This is my territory, I can go wherever I want, is it strange to come to you." Jieli walked around, looking at the furnishings in Tang Jian's tent, as if admiring and pondering something.
Tang Jian looked at Jieli with a smile and said, "Isn't the Khan already figured it out?"
Jieli let out a long sigh, withdrew his gaze from the artifact, fell on Tang Jian, and asked, "Is it still possible?"
"It's entirely possible."
Tang Jian's confidence returned, and he began to boast again: "Our Majesty the Tang Dynasty has always hoped to solve the problem in a peaceful way, and if the Khan can be attached at this time, it will be completely too late."
The Khan is now at the end of his rope, and no matter how much he struggles, it is in vain, surrender is the best result, but this is different from the Khan's surrender of the city, because this is persuasion, our Tang Emperor sent the old man to persuade him to surrender, and the taste of the two is different. ”
Jieli doesn't think there is any difference between the two, surrender is surrender, what is the difference, surrender is defeat, how can there be so many tricks.
Tang Jian thought that Jie Liwei's words were hesitating, and continued to talk about the truth: "Actually, it doesn't hurt to tell the khan some inside information at this moment, this time our Tang Dynasty has a total of more than 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress you, and now you have seen the strength of our Tang Army, just experienced two frontal conflicts, you suffered heavy casualties, and our Tang Army was almost undamaged, from this point of view, our Tang Army will win, if the Khan persists, except for delaying time, it will be useless, the result is still the same, since you know that the result has been decided, why not obediently join it, So maybe there is a chance of survival, what do you think? ”
Tang Jian's smile was very kind and his tone was peaceful, but these words sounded like thorns in his heart to Jieli, not uncomfortable, but painful, this is not an admonition, but a naked humiliation.
Jieli didn't get angry in the end, he calmed down, and hid the resentment in his heart deeply, he knew that he couldn't kill the Tang envoy now, he couldn't now, and he couldn't in the future, if he killed him, he would lose even worse, he didn't kill him when he instigated Kang Sumi to surrender, just so that he could use it one day.
Now that he has finally used it, as long as he can make Li Shimin feel that he has been obedient and attached, so as to relax his vigilance against himself... Hmph, as long as you stay in the green mountains, are you afraid that there will be no firewood? When the grass and horses are fattened, it is the time to make a comeback.
Let's bear with it first, now it is no longer the opponent of the Tang Army, and it can only implement such a delaying strategy.
"Ambassador Tang is right, now I am a frightened bird, and I can't fly far, but I'm worried that your son of heaven won't agree to my subordination, after all, I have done a lot of bad things to you Han people."
"Khan doesn't need to worry."
Tang Jian waved his hand and said excitedly: "Our Son of Heaven is generous and generous, never regardless of past suspicions, as long as the Khan is sincerely attached, our Majesty will definitely agree, our Majesty is worried about the people, can solve the people in dire straits, our Majesty is also very pleased, this Khan can rest assured, of course... It depends on whether your sincerity is enough. ”
Jieli said politely: "I have a sincere heart, and I hope that Ambassador Tang will be clear."
Tang Jian said coldly: "Whether you are sincere or not is not just a matter of mouth."
Jieli smiled and said, "Understand, you can watch it carefully."
Jieli is gone, Tang Jian is very happy, judging from this conversation, Jieli is ten percent going to be attached, hehe, as long as Jieli is willing to be attached, then his task of persuading him to surrender has also been completed, and in the future... Think about it, there is such a shadow in the annals of the history of the Tang Dynasty from now on, and it is also an important shadow, saying that the demise of the ****** mainly depends on his own persuasion... Thinking about this, Tang Jian couldn't help but want to laugh.
Jieli did not return to the tent immediately, he stood on a high place and quietly looked at his soldiers, letting the snow fall on his face without wiping it, the colder the feeling made his heart colder and stronger.
He has made a decision, since he intends to return, although it is a hypocrisy, but on the surface, he must make Li Shimin look real, not like, in fact it is true, only in this way can he relax his vigilance against himself, and in the future... It is also possible to make a comeback.
"From now on, the whole army will reduce the number of drills, and there is no need to be too vigilant!"
This was an order issued by Jieli, and at the same time, he also sent Zhi Sili to Chang'an with gold, silver and jewelry to ask Boss Li to join him...... (To be continued.) )